Rivoli Castle opens its new era with the following new exhibits: Tutto è connesso – opere della collezione del Castello di Rivoli 1999-2009; Coinvolgimenti. Vito Acconci; Gli Irregolari, Fuoricornice e Dance Portraits (All is connected – works from the Rivoli Castle collection 1999-2009; Involvements. Vito Acconci; The Irregulars, Out-of-frame and Dance Portraits, TN).

Tutto è connesso proposes an original presentation of the permanent collection, directly involving artists in the re-arrangement of their work, to integrate it or suggest new combinations. Among those invited: Tacita Dean, Simon Starling, Regina José Galindo, Giulio Paolini, Marisa Merz, Giovanni Anselmo, Giuseppe Penone and Pierre Huyghe. The exhibit will also present the Castle’s recent acquisitions, which have never been shown before, featuring names such as Goshka Macuga, Emily Jacir and Susan Philipsz. During the exhibition, Allora & Calzadilla present their Stop, Repair, Prepare, 2008 performance: through a hole in the centre of a grand piano the artist executes variations on Beethoven’s Ode to Joy (the exhibit is on until the 9^th of January 2011).

If on the first and second floor the museum presents its collection in an unprecedented fashion, on the third floor it celebrates Vito Acconci, one of the most daring contemporary experimenters of languages. The artist conceived the project specifically for the castle’s spaces; it includes over 20 historical works, videos and footage (until September 26).

And there’s more. The museum’s programme, as its newly appointed director had already announced, also foresees a series of meetings with those intellectual figures who have particularly marked our time, providing a transversal vision that crosses visual arts, music, dance, theatre and cinema. Thus, the following reviews: Gli Irregolari (that opened with a focus on poetry, Emilio Villa and Amelia Rosselli), Fuoricornice (Charles Atlas and Genesis Breyer P-Prridge) and Dance Portraits (with, of course, Merce Cunningham’s presence).